Lime e-scooter share in Vancouver hits milestone of one million rides | Daily Hive

Lime e-scooter share locking docking parking station in downtown Vancouver. (Kenneth Chan)

Shared e-scooters have quickly become a common sight on Vancouver streets, and the global company behind them says riders have now taken more than one million trips since the service launched in the city roughly 18 months ago.

Micromobility company Lime announced the milestone this week as it continues expanding its service area across several additional neighbourhoods, including Fairview, Granville Island, Mount Pleasant, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, and Renfrew-Collingwood.

The expansion, carried out with the City of Vancouver, is intended to connect more residential communities with major commercial districts and destinations.

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Lime’s service first launched in Vancouver in September 2024 and initially focused on the Hastings-Sunrise and Grandview-Woodland neighbourhoods, followed by the Strathcona and Mount Pleasant areas in early 2025.

Lime’s ridership began to really accelerate in June 2025, when the company expanded its service area across the downtown Vancouver peninsula. The company recorded about 75,000 rides between September 2024 and June 2025, but by the end of the summer in September 2025, the cumulative total had climbed to more than 400,000. In the months since, further geographic expansion has propelled another 600,000 rides to bring it to over one million.

“We’re excited to have introduced Lime’s service across more of Vancouver this year, bringing shared e-scooters to more neighbourhoods and key destinations throughout the city. Since launching in 2024, we’ve seen riders take more than one million trips,” said Carling Dick, government relations leader at Lime Canada, in a statement.

“We’re proud to work closely with the City of Vancouver to build a service that reflects community feedback, with parking stations selected in partnership to prioritize safety and accessibility.”

From the outset, when Lime was selected by the municipal government to launch the service, the company intended to gradually roll out its services citywide.

Unlike many shared e-scooter systems in other global markets, Vancouver’s service, operated and maintained by Lime, relies on designated locking docking parking stations. The stations are intended to prevent sidewalk clutter and keep devices organized, with Lime crews regularly maintaining the locations and adjusting e-scooter placement using ridership data and community feedback.

In recent months, some improvements have been made to the modular parking station designs, particularly with the installation of wayfinding posts displaying the Lime logo at an elevated height, which improves the stations’ visibility for riders from a distance.

According to the company, more than 2,000 local addresses were contacted during the planning process to gather input on where stations should be located.

Lime also operates shared micromobility services in other select areas of the Metro Vancouver region, including Port Moody, Coquitlam, New Westminster, and Richmond.

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